Plovers & Lapwings in Fife
Our list for Fife has 5 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 2 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Fife in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Ringed Plover 14–17 cm
- Ringed Plover 17–19 cm
- Golden Plover 26–29 cm
- Grey Plover 27–30 cm
- Northern Lapwing 28–31 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made